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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSecuring Syrian Chemical Weapons Seen Facing Months of Hurdles
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-10/securing-syrian-chemical-weapons-seen-facing-months-of-hurdles.htmlSecuring Syrias stockpile of chemical weapons as a first step toward destroying them would be neither a short nor an easy process, and it could require a halt to the fighting to allow inspections.
These kind of disarmament agreements require a very intrusive inspection system; the natural assumption is Assad will cheat, said Gary Samore, President Barack Obamas former coordinator for arms control and weapons of mass destruction. I just dont know how you can have that kind of inspection system in the middle of a civil war.
Getting President Bashar al-Assad to turn over his chemical weapons to international monitors has emerged as an alternative to a potential American military strike. Russia seized on comments by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who raised the idea as one way to resolve the standoff, and Syria agreed to the Russian proposal.
The U.S., U.K. and France will consult with Russia and China on a United Nations Security Council resolution requiring Assad to give up his chemical weapons and to ultimately destroy them under international control, Obama said last night in a televised White House speech. Any accord must verify that Syria keeps its promises, he said.
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Securing Syrian Chemical Weapons Seen Facing Months of Hurdles (Original Post)
xchrom
Sep 2013
OP
There is no deal. It's not possible. We're just going through the motions
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2013
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veganlush
(2,049 posts)1. which is fine
He's not gonna use them in the interim
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)2. What are we going to do
when the rebels start shooting members of an international force dedicated to securing and then destroying these weapons, because the rebels see an opening to grab them?
It's been said that there are no good answers in Syria, while this one seems good, it is merely the least bad of the ideas out there at this point.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)3. There is no deal. It's not possible. We're just going through the motions
to be allowed to walk away from something we never should have started in the first place.